Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-14
TSt. Louis Globe-Democrat. ]

sausage it becomes an interesting
and not unfrequently a difficult
problem to determine the nature
of the animal whose flesh forms the
chief component part. Sausages
are capable of concealing many
unpleasant characteristics, and II
the veil we're always lifted from the
mystery of the sausage-mlll, the
hearty man who has weakness for
bolognas and wieners might turn
to less complicated delicacies to
assuage his appetite. There are
twenty-five sausage factories in st.
Louis, each of which manufacture
daily, on an average, from 1000 to
5000 pOnnds of sausage; and
hence, if consumers in the city in
clude $4,000 pounds IN their domes-
tic economy, it would prove highly
interesting for them to know whence
comes the meat supply. Most OF
this sausage is made from beet, aud
the trade has had a wonderful
growth in the past five years. Take
the insinuating wiener.wurst, for
example. Eight years ago there
were but two wiener.wurst ped
dlers, who confined their predatory
excursions to a few lager.beer sa-
looms in the southern part OF the
CITY one of these worthless has
since been gathered to his fathers,
but in his place have come forty
nine others, who now leave no part
of the city unvisited. BY day and
by night the wiener.wurst man is
seen and heard, and he manages to
dispose of great quantity of the
little sausages, and his tribe IN
creases because the trade IS prOiita-
BILE. He buys them from the fac
tory at ten cents a bunch, and re.
tails them for a dollar, and the ped
dler who can not sell bunch IN a
night should go out of the business.
AN INGENIOUS sAUsAGE-MAKER.
1t would be impossible to 60 into
the details of the supply OF all the
factories. Take, however, the larg-
est factory-that Of John BOepple
which never turns out less than
5000 ponds daily, and often runs
ten. BOepple is an ingenious sau-
sage.maker, and has grown rich
through a plan which he originated
of fattening cattle in a short time.
1t is unique in its way, and has
many advantages over the corn
feeding ranch and farm process
Down on Barton and KOsciuskO
streets stands his stable, and thith-
er went a reporter of the Globe
Democrat in company with the
owner. 1t is a low brick structure
covering an acre of ground. The
reporter was invited to remove his
overcOat before entering the build
ing, as the proprietor suggested
that he might find it warm inside.
Upon reaching the door, a dense
vapOr was observed, so that for a
moment nothing could be seen
within. 4 clanking and rattling
of chains was heard, and then
through the fog Of steam that en-
velOped the place a long row OF
bulls was discovered. 1t was feed
ing time, and the big shaggy-necked
animals were standing at troughs
tapping up a steaming liquid. IL
was explained that 400 head of cat
tie were confined beneath the roof.
With the exception of fifty or sixty
they were bulls of 2, 3, 4, and more
years. They stood in long rows Of
forty chained two together to the
troughs so closely that they could
not interfere with each other. Here
was bunch that had just been
brought in, and their DOny forms
showed that they had not been ac-
custOmed to rich food before enter
ing. There was a bunch that had
begin to fiji out. All of them, how
ever, showed this peculiar appear
ance, that their bellies were dis
tended like balloons, as if their food
had swelled them after the manner
of dried apples when partaken of
by the small boy. Looking down
an alley that separated their smok-
ing forms where double row OF
shaggy horned beads prOtruded
through the bars, the bullOcks
could be seen tapping the liquid in
a careless way, stopping every few
moments to cough or rest. This
LIQUID was run into the trOughs and
sluiced before each stall. 1t came
from a number of vats, where a
number of men with paddles were
engaged in stirring it as it ran from
a large iron pipe. This pipe con-
nected with the Mound City Distil-
lery across the street and carried
THE WARM MASH
from the tubs. Meal and malt were
then mixed with 1t and run into the
troughs. This is fed to the ami
mails three times day. After they
have eaten as much as the sluic'
contains, they are given Hungarian
r grass as a dessert. They must b'
y filled up before being allowed Il
desist, and when manifesting an in
: clination to lie down, are livene'
70 up by one of the stable.keepers.-
= These foods are as rich as even
70 bulps stomach can digest. Afte
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